President Wilson Attends Central Presbyterian Service
President Wilson altered plans to attend a church service, disappointing a large Washington crowd at New York Avenue Presbyterian while he and Mrs. Wilson worshiped at Central Presbyterian Church. The change drew photographers away and sparked rumors of other church visits. Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall attended First Presbyterian with Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan, as crowds learned the President’s true path.
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Mr. Wilson
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mra. Wilson
Misa Eleanor
Central
Wilson
White House
Marshall
New York Avenue
Eleanor
Central Presbyterian Church
Third and I Streets
Taft
Joseph R. Wilson
Church of the Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Fourteenth and
Columbia Road
David
Wallace Radcliffe
Bryan
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. MacLeod
George Washington U enlarges scope adds B S in medicine
George Washington University faculties vote to widen undergraduate work toward professional degrees. The bachelor of arts is deferred for combined arts and law or medicine programs, while a seven year A B M D path is set with extra course hours. The change takes effect for new entrants. Medical and law students welcome the plan. An Emile H Meyer oil and water exhibition runs at Frank Gebert studio.
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George Washington University
Willam A. Wilbur
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Washington
Emile H. Meyer
Frank Gebert
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Elkus Named Possible Successor for Solicitor General
Abram T. Elkus of New York is prominently mentioned as William Marshall Bullitt's successor for Solicitor General. Bullitt resigns March 4 and will present the new Attorney General to the Supreme Court, then return to Louisville. Several pending cases include United States vs Hitchcock and the grain reshipping suit.
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Wilson
William Marshall Bullitt
United States
Frederick W. Lehmann
Bullitt
Supreme Court
Louisville
Abram T. Elkus
New York
Democratic National Committee
Journal of Commerce
Hitchcock
Act of Congress
New York Harbor
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville
Atlanta
Georgia
Florida East Coast Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Sandoval
New Mexico
Congress
United States Vs. Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company
Alaska
Prohibition Rules for District of Columbia Establishments
The document outlines licensing limits for liquor sales in DC, including three member appointments, hotel licensing for sub 30 bedrooms, street saloon caps, distance rules from schools and churches, and bans on sales in transit waiting rooms. It details annual license fees, club licensing caps, Sunday and inauguration day closures, penalties for minors, and confined dispensing rules with effective date July 1 1913.
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District of Columbia
Fetes to celebrate Perry victory at Lake Erie begin July 4
A staged Lake Erie battle commemoration to start July 4 at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, honors Oliver Hazard Perry's 1813 victory. The Niagara flagship will be rehabilitated for the parade style event spanning Erie, Toledo, Cleveland and Louisville with government and private funds backing preparations for up to a million spectators.
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Perry
Lake Erie
Misery Bay
Erie
Niagara
Oliver Hazard Perry
Put-in-Bay
Nelson A. Miles
J. Warren Keifer
Admiral Davis
Louisville
Toledo
Cleveland
Lawrence
Harrison
Caesar
America
Great Britain
Wilson
Sandusky
Tost
Detroit
Caledonia
City Bulletin Offers Reward for Virginia Location
Classified snippet advertises $100 reward for locating the Virginia, lists prices on goods like Cal Port wine and sherry, and mentions a Fountain Pen Shop with address 595 sth st se and Pitman and Grege Shorthand classes. Also notes film theater shows and whiskey listings with prices. John T. Crowley referenced.
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Eugené Schwab
Sth
Fountain Pen
Hes Targent
Ave
New Excise Board to Be Appointed by President
President Wilson will appoint three members to the new excise board under the District government. The board, to serve varying initial terms, will oversee all liquor license applications, with final decisions and potential police reports guiding actions. Salaries are $2,400 annually. July effective, with licenses set at escalating fees and a cap of 300 barrooms by November 1, 1914.
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The
United States
Encire Board
Wilson
Excise Board
Senate
Chief of Police
Ctty
What the Law Says About Public Utilities Corporations
A historical DC text declares it unlawful for foreign or local utility or holding corporations to own or control US public utilities in the District of Columbia except as Congress authorizes. It restricts stock transfers and voids unauthorized agreements, with DC courts empowered to dissolve violators and force divestment. It defines foreign and local terms and states each provision stands independently.
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Electric
Telephone Corporation
Telegraph Corporation
United States
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the
Luther Memorial Church Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary
The Luther Memorial Church in Washington marks its fortieth anniversary with a three day celebration starting with last night’s sermon by Rev. M H Valentine of the Lutheran Observer. The opening service was by Rev. Henry Anstadt as part of the anniversary ceremonies that began yesterday and continue today and tomorrow. A bronze statue of Martin Luther faces Thomas Street in front of the church, erected by the Luther Statue Association formed in 1883 to fund the statue.
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M. H. Valentine
Lutheran Observer
Luther Memorial Church
Henry Anstadt
Washington
Martin Luther
Thomas Etrele
Luther Statue Association
Greatest Inauguration Compared With Messiah Return
Pastor Charles T Russell spoke at New Masonic Temple on The Greatest Inauguration praising U S governance in its colonies and Philippine efforts while predicting a far grander event with the Messiah. George Kirkpatrick plans a Pythian Temple talk on War: What For and his antiwar message.
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Wilson
Charles T. Russell
Washington Temple
New Masonic Temple
Russell
United States
Philippines
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
George BR. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
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Union Trust Company
Wee VO Lines
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Burchell
N. W. Burchell
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11Th St.n.w
Dupont
Elkus
William Bullitt
McReynolds
D. C
Barclay
Ariel
Scorpion
Somers
Trippe
Hunter
Hine
Chippeway
Queen Charlotte
Garland
Leutenant
Yarnall
Battle of the Thames
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City Bulletins
Virginia
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Grege
Revell
John T. Crowley
Pastor Russell
Messiah
Constantinople
Security Storage Company
Storage Dept
American Security & Trust Co
Fifteenth Street
Columbia
Grafonola
Columbias
Columbia Records
Ysaye
Bones
Victor
Columbia Graphophone Co
G Street
N. W
Weeisee
Columbia Graphophones
Aiea Ee
F. G. Smith Ale Co
Seling Life Insurance
Thomas P. Morgan, Jr
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Southern Building
Emily Fred Barnes
N. HE
Princa Asbart
Horn
Hirz _ Suits
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Chilnern
Manchester Hall
Thilivey
Connecticut
Dupont Cirere
Strayer’s Business College
Wyoming Ave
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